Ryan had said that the appointment was for 8 am, so either Diana wanted to be early, to open the draperies, and make sure things looked as good as they could, or he had lied. Or the third option was that she had arranged to meet someone else there at 7:30 am. Was Diana killing two birds with one stone? Sarah wondered. She took hold of the desk phone and dialed the number.
After a couple of rings went by, then a gruff male voice answered. "Car corner."
"Oh," Sarah said, "um...Ryan?"
The voice grunted a negative.
"Ryan Johnson?" Sarah asked.
"Sorry." He did not sound sorry, though. He also did not sound like Ryan, so Sarah apologized and hung up, feeling stupid. Maybe Sarah had just misinterpreted the number. Maybe the indentation that she had thought was an eight, was a three, or the
